Word: silentes
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Moderation has abolished the stating of principles from our country's conversation. The essential questions are no longer asked, or if they are, they receive no answer, only silent shrugs of confusion. What do we stand for? Why are we in Kosovo...
...video the label read: "Silent Scream...
Ironically, even though I wanted to view "Silent Scream" here at Harvard, in a community of young people grappling with ideas, issues and different viewpoints, I felt nervous and guilty while the video was on--as if I had something to be ashamed of watching this controversial film. Every time I heard someone come into the lobby outside the common room I gripped the remote control, ready to switch the TV back over to VH1. Now, perhaps, I know how conservatives on this campus must sometimes feel...
...come in during my private viewing, and I got through all 28 minutes of "Silent Scream" uninterrupted. The film didn't change my views on abortion, but it did make me reconsider whether I had given the issue adequate thought before settling on my pro-choice stance...
...evil, Clinton leaned forward, totally absorbed. "You could tell he was thinking about his own war in Kosovo," says a friend who was there, adding, "The President and Hillary really pay attention to Elie." So when Wiesel concluded that he was proud that "this time the world was not silent" about the crimes against humanity in Kosovo, Clinton felt certain that in the 1999 choice between civilization and barbarism, he too was engaged in a just...